Feb. 9, 2026, 8:15 p.m. PT
Now that the 2025 season has ended with the Seattle Seahawks hoisting a Lombardi Trophy after beating the New England Patriots 29-13 in Super Bowl 60, it’s time to turn our attention to the offseason.
For the San Francisco 49ers, they’ve already made a few coaching changes, and they’ll likely make more before addressing their roster in the coming weeks and months.
At this point, the 49ers are set to enter the 2026 NFL draft with pick No. 27 in the first round, and while that could change with a trade, many are already predicting what the team will do.
After the Super Bowl, Draft Wire’s Curt Popejoy released a new 2026 mock draft, and he projected that San Francisco will take Georgia offensive tackle Monroe Freeling in the first round.
“Freeling is a fast riser thanks to some exceptional film and he might be a day one starter on the right team at right tackle,” Popejoy wrote.
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Freeling, 21, was a four-star recruit at Oceanside Collegiate Academy in Mount Pleasant South Carolina before committing to Georgia in late-2022. He spent most of his first two seasons as a backup, but an injury forced him to start the final four games of the 2024 season at left tackle, which he continued to do through the 2025 season.
The 6-foot-7, 315-pound tackle earned Second-team All-SEC honors this past year, while Pro Football Focus gave him a a 71.2 overall grade (80th out of 629 offensive tackles) and an 85.1 pass-blocking grade (11th).
Left tackle Trent Williams has one more year left on his contract, and right tackle Colton McKivitz just signed a three-year extension that ties him to the team through 2028. With that said, San Francisco would have to be willing to sit their first-round pick for a full year, if they want a tackle.
Taking Texas A&M guard Chase Bisontis, who is mocked to the Houston Texans with the next pick, might make more sense.
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